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Serbs set to elect new parliament Serbs voting for new parliament
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Serbia is preparing to go to the polls in the country's first general election since becoming an independent state last year. Serbs are going to the polls in the country's first general election since its union with Montenegro was dissolved last year.
About 6.5m people can vote and the basic choice is between the hardline nationalists and parties that are more pro-European and pro-reform.About 6.5m people can vote and the basic choice is between the hardline nationalists and parties that are more pro-European and pro-reform.
One difficult issue that will face any incoming government will be that of the disputed province of Kosovo.One difficult issue that will face any incoming government will be that of the disputed province of Kosovo.
The UN is expected to make a decision on Kosovo's long-term future this year.The UN is expected to make a decision on Kosovo's long-term future this year.
Spiritual heartland The BBC's Nick Hawton in Belgrade says the campaign has been largely devoid of the issues that have dominated in the past, such as co-operation with The Hague war crimes tribunal and Kosovo.
The election campaign has been largely devoid of the issues that have dominated in the past, such as co-operation with The Hague war crimes tribunal and Kosovo.
Instead other concerns such as the economy, privatisation, European integration and corruption have taken centre stage.Instead other concerns such as the economy, privatisation, European integration and corruption have taken centre stage.
However, Kosovo will be the first priority for any incoming government. Coalition expected
Voting is expected to be split between President Boris Tadic's pro-European Democratic Party (DS), conservative Prime Minister Vojislav Kostunica's Democratic Party of Serbia (DSS) and war crimes suspect Vojislav Seselj's nationalist SRS.
Opinion polls have indicated that no party will win a majority outright but the president and prime minister are expected to form a coalition.
Kosovo will be the first priority for any incoming government, our correspondent says.
The UN's chief envoy for the province is due to give his recommendations for its future soon after the election.The UN's chief envoy for the province is due to give his recommendations for its future soon after the election.
If, as seems likely, he supports some form of independence, which the majority Albanian population wants, the Serbian government faces the prospect of losing what many regard as the nation's spiritual heartland.
The hard-line nationalist Serbian radicals won the most seats at the last election but did not form part of the coalition government.